Nick’s Writing
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How to Get a Job Part 4 – The Interview
The interview…complete with Tommy Batboy and ranger panties!
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Things Veterans Need to Know to Get a Job: The Approach
This video is the first of four videos focused on How to get a job as a Veteran. This one centers on the APPROACH one should take when beginning the job...
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Jorge Rivera Retires
There are some friends who you value so much it is really hard to qualify into words. I met Jorge Rivera three years ago in the same city where he ended...
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The Next Step for RU: American Sin Bin
This weekend, as the clock struck midnight, Ranger Up launched our new Rugby brand, American Sin Bin. It’s an idea that sprung up as early as January 2008, when then LTC...
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I Hate Congress
There was once a day when the people in our elected body were the most impressive resumes imaginable. Our founding fathers were successful businessmen, scientists, poets, writers, and inventors. Please note...
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Dobtimus Prime
Every Lieutenant likes to think of himself as the guy his men would fight for to the bitter end. As a cocky young mortar platoon leader who already had a deployment...
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Win a PAID writing job at Ranger Up!!!
Nick, Tommy, and Crigger love writing, but conquering the world takes time and effort, so we need help. Ranger Up needs new writers and we’re taking the Rhino Den up a...
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The New Columbia University Excuse Contest!
In recent student body polls, roughly 40% of Columbia University is against adding an ROTC program. The reasons are diverse: the military doesn’t allow entry to the trans-gender population, they fear...
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Nick Rant: Veterans Make Great Entrepreneurs
Civilian friend sends Nick well-meaning article on why vets make good entrepreneurs by Steve Tobak. Mr. Tobak's article is insulting, shows ignorance, and perpetuates stereotypes about vets. Nick responds...
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Paul Carron RIP
“Quit smirking,” I snarled at the plebe in front of me. “I’m not sure why you think it is funny that you just got your ass kicked.” The kid actually hadn’t...
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One Day Designer
Ranger Up is a hard place to work if you aren't a little insane. We got rid of the new guy in less than 24 hours.
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The Fobbit Workout
Stars and Stripes magazine called the Ranger Up warehouse and asked if "those guys who made that awesome workout video" knew any good exercises for that rare breed of soldier, the...
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Tim Kennedy submits Trevor Prangley
Tim’s practically asleep in the locker room, only an hour before his fight – a spectacular juxtaposition to the intensity that Cyborg Santos has been maintaining for the last two hours...
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My Plant
Nick reflects on four years of Ranger Up...and his plant.
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The Dumbass Chronicles: The Hobbit
An angry little man starts a fight with six RU guys in an elevator. Never underestimate the power of hidden insults.
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Chosin
I stood there in a teary-eyed haze as my palms added to the thunderous applause resonating through the theatre. Pride, sadness, revulsion, and raw amazement ran through me in a maelstrom...
